RJC Applauds House Republicans for Defeating Massie + Democrat Effort to Strip All U.S. Aid to Israel

Washington, DC – The Republican Jewish Coalition released the following statement applauding House Republicans for unanimously defeating lame duck Thomas Massie's effort to strip all U.S. aid to Israel from the Fiscal Year 2027 State Department funding bill.

RJC CEO Matt Brooks said: 

The RJC applauds House Republicans for unanimously defeating Thomas Massie's reckless effort to strip all American aid to Israel from the State Department funding bill. Under the strong leadership of President Donald J. Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson, America has Israel's back. Today, the GOP-led House of Representatives proved it.

As the late, great Senator Lindsey Graham said: “Antisemitism, anti-Israel rhetoric is not the road [to victory]. You will lose.” He was proved right again.

Take a hard look at who lined up behind Massie: 103 Democrats. Make no mistake, Thomas Massie is a voice of one in the Republican Party. He is a lame duck outlier, and the Republican majority left no doubt about where our party stands: resolutely with the Jewish state. 

The contrast could not be clearer. In today's Democratic Party, vociferous hostility to Israel is not the fringe, it is their future. Democrats’ primaries are sending it to Congress, their leaders are indulging it, and their base is demanding it. Today's Democratic Party is being shaped in the image of the worst, most radicalized elements of its anti-Israel base, and the Squad's Hamas Caucus is leading the way.

Today’s vote reaffirms the longstanding commitment of Republicans to stand unwaveringly with Israel through thick and thin.

House Republicans ensured that America will stand behind the commitments made in the U.S.-Israel Security Assistance Memorandum of Understanding. We are grateful to President Trump, Speaker Johnson, and every Member who came through for our cherished ally once again.